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EJ462491 EC605582
Title: The Relationship of Program Quality to Children's Play in Integrated Early Intervention Settings.Author(s): File, Nancy; Kontos, Susan
Source: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v13 n1 p1-18 Spr 1993
Publication Date: 1993
Notes: Theme Issue: Characteristics of Quality Intervention Services.
ISSN: 0271-1214
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1993
Twenty-eight
children with and without disabilities were observed during free
play in integrated early childhood programs, and associations among
program quality indicators and children's play were analyzed. The
study attempted to predict dynamic/process measures of program quality
(teacher behavior) from global and structural measures of quality
and to predict children's behavior. (JDD)
Descriptors: *Disabilities; *Early Intervention; *Educational Quality;
Environmental Influences; *Mainstreaming; Performance Factors; *Play;
Prediction; Preschool Education; Social Behavior; Social Integration;
Teacher Behavior; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Student Relationship
